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Karen is right how we as kj's can produce a "fuller" sound for the performer by adding harmonies (and other background sounds)

However, as Karen indicated there are those who get confused when confronted with harmony lines and can end up "jumping" from one "part" to another.  So....I am very cautious about joining in.  I must know the singer and have tested a few bars (subtley in the past) with them before I will get involved in an obvious manner

Precisely - have to be very cautious. A number of really great singers ask and it can create a real show stopper.

k

The Beach Boys didn't become popular on KOCOMO.  It was the other hip surfin' songs.

KOCOMO was after they became the BEACH GEZZERS.

So does this apply only to your husband or also to your customers who may want to sing songs that aren't exactly getting people up to bounce all over the dance floor?  I don't quite understand the whole dance floor philosophy.  It is karaoke... People are there to sing and hear others sing... if they were there for the main purpose of dancing then why wouldn't they just hit a dance club and bounce to the latest version by the original artist?  ........I mean I am all for everybody having a good time and it is great when the natural progression of singers in the night gets people dancing (both fast and slow).... but I would never deny my wife (or anybody else) a song she wants to sing because it wasn't one to provoke the dancers.  People love to hear her sing regardless...

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Who stated that they became popular with 'KoKomo'?  THis was a major comeback song for them in the late 80's & was actually their biggest selling single in their career.  Most likely due the new generation of fans that they are introduced to plus their followers from the previous decades.

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The songs that made them the most famous were from 1962 to 1966.

9/15/62   #14  on the charts  10 weeks   Surfin' Safari
4/13/63  #3  on the charts  14 weeks   Surfin' USA
5/25/63   #23 on the charts 8 weeks     Shut Down
8/17/63   #7  on the charts 11 weeks     Surfer Girl
9/7/63  #15  on the charts 7 weeks     Little Deuce Coupe
11/23/63   #6  On the charts 8 weeks   Be True To Your School
11/30/63 #23 on the charts 6 weeks     In My Room
2/22/64  #5 on the charts 9 weeks     Fun Fun Fun
6/6/64   #1 on the charts 13 weeks   I Get Around
6/27/64  # 24 on the charts for 6 weeks   Don't Worry Baby
9/19/64  # 9 on the charts 8 weeks  When I Grow Up To Be A Man
11/21/64  # 8 on the charts 8 weeks  Dance Dance Dance
3/13/65   # 12 on the charts for 6 weeks    Do You Wanna Dance
5/1/65  # 1 on the charts 11 weeks   Help Me Rhonda
8/7/65  # 3 on the charts for 9 weeks  California Girls
12/11/65  # 20 on the charts for 5 weeks   The Girl I Once Knew
1/15/66  # 2 on the charts for 9 weeks  Barbara Ann
4/9/66  # 3 on the charts for 10 weeks  Sloop John B
4/23/66  # 32 on the charts for 3 weeks   Caroline, No
8/20/66   # 8 on the charts for 7 weeks   Wouldn't It Be Nice
9/17/66   # 39 on the charts for 2 weeks   God Only Knows
10/29/66  # 1 on the charts for 12 weeks    Good Vibrations
5 Songs charted in between here
Next biggest song came in 6/19/76  Rock And Roll Music
6 songs on the charts between here

9/24/88  #1 on the charts for 15 weeks   KOCOMO from the movie "Cocktail" starring Tom Cruise

It was on the charts longer than any of their songs before that.

But that was over 20 years later   BEACH GEZZERS by then.   Wheel chairs and walkers & no hair/gray hair.